A popular and impartial estimate of the present value of vaccination, as a security against small pox, and of the danger of encouraging or tolerating the inoculation of the latter. Addressed to parents and the public / by Samuel Plumbe.

  • Plumbe, Samuel, 1795-1837.
Date:
1830
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Credit: A popular and impartial estimate of the present value of vaccination, as a security against small pox, and of the danger of encouraging or tolerating the inoculation of the latter. Addressed to parents and the public / by Samuel Plumbe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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